---
name: "ElementTree.simpleEncode"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ElementTree.simpleEncode"
---

# ElementTree.simpleEncode(3kaya)

HTML-escape a string

## NAME

ElementTree::simpleEncode - HTML-escape a string

## SYNOPSIS

**String simpleEncode(** *String invalue, Bool leavequotes=false, UnicodeFormat uform=LiteralUTF8* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**invalue** The String to escape

**leavequotes** Whether to leave quotes unescaped. This is optional and defaults to false (i.e. quotes will be escaped)

**uform** If this is set to **NumericReference**  (not the default) then non-ASCII characters will be replaced by numeric references.

## DESCRIPTION

HTML-escape a string, so that \<, \>, & and possibly " are converted to their entity equivalents (&lt;, &gt;, &amp; and &quot; respectively).

This is automatically done to all element text content and attribute values when converting ElementTree to String - this function is provided for use in other contexts.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.